Lize-Marie Leads the Way for SA
Keri-Leigh Shaw receiving her gold medal in the 200m Butterfly at the 2007 FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on 23-25 November 2007. Receiving the silver medal is Brazilian Daiene Marcal Dias, with the bronze going to Brazil’s Livia Carvalho Dos Santos. Picture © Robert Serbinenko / IVPIX South Africa’s women […]
SA’s Best reach for FINA Bonanza
Melissa Corfe pictured during the FINA/Arena World Cup at the Kings Park Aquatic Centre in Durban, where she medalled in backstroke and freestyle. Picture: Anesh Debiky KwaZulu-Natal swimming sensation Melissa Corfe will join freestyle sprinter Leizel Burger as women representing SA en route to FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup action in Singapore (October 27-28) and Sydney, […]
Honours for Natalie and Jessica
Teenage swimming sensation Jessica Pengelly (left) and Cameron van der Burgh were honoured with the ‘Most Promising Athlete of the Year’ awards in the respective male and female categories, at Swimming SA’s Annual Aquatics Awards evening held at Emperors Palace outside Johannesburg, on Saturday evening. Cape Town-based teenage swimming sensation Jessica Pengelly won the female […]
Lize-Mari Sets New African Record
African 50 metres butterfly record-holder Lize-Mari Retief (right) and Chanelle van Wyk show off their respective gold and silver medals at the Telkom SA Short Course Championships, just completed at the GC Jollife Swimming Pool in Pietermaritzburg. Pictures courtesy Swimming SA Lize-Mari Retief is feeling on top of the world after her African record-breaking feat […]